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2006-09-29 - 10:31 p.m. And now the news, short (? ha!) and sweet... No tongue or lip piercing, no new tattoos, although I am coveting the thought of a dandelion on my left forearm. We shall see what the new year holds, when I am back with a paying job at least part of the time. I believe I have found my Field Placement in Edmonton with a free Walk-In counseling program... just need to make sure that the credentials my potential supervisor holds are considered equivalent to the American ones... If not this placement, then I'm going to try for a hospice or a palliative care unit -- do some good where it is most imminently required. Although, do any of us ever know about tomorrow... Things are challenging and beautiful with my partner. Our stumblings are finally shrinking to a manageable size, and I am finally learning to ask him to manage his before he brings them to me. All very admirable learning and growth, and all of it filled with love and compassion. (Finally -- It's like I'm growing up or something!!!) Speaking of beautiful men... lol... FGB is in Asia -- currently near Kathmandu, and he has just sequestered himself into a 10-day meditation retreat. I can't wait to hear from him on the other side of that. Child Haven didn't work out -- too much chaos for his already-challenged ego and sense of calm, so he gracefully (at least in my fantasies) removed himself from those duties and has set into a more synergistic travel itinerary. You can stalk him, if you like, at http://sugarbear64.blogspot.com/ which is his lovely online travel journal. The universe has recently seen fit to gift me with a VW van. She is a 1978 named Pumpkin (after her orange colouring) and I will be her second 'person' (I dislike the term 'owner'). The circumstances surrounding this are almost too ridiculous to go into, so I won't. Pictures to follow once I pick her up in Los Gatos this Tuesday. What else? School is going well, although I am tiring of one class that is theoretical where I want practical (and whose textbook contains a mess of spelling and grammatical errors that make me want to pluck out my eyeballs). I have 2 counseling clients so far this term -- one a teenage boy and one a slightly younger girl. Both very interesting and challenging, though in radically different ways. I've never counseled anyone, even on the Distress Line, who was not yet an 'adult' in chronological years. This is crazyinteresting new stuff. My heart is so full right now. I've made the decision to move home in January (did you know? I can't remember whom I've told) and the thought of returning to that community feels so good and so natural. It's lovely. *sigh* Feels good. San Francisco would have been nice for my field practice, but staying tied to my parents' purse strings isn't something I want anymore. I'm 28, for chrissakes! I spent last weekend back home at a Fall Equinox party -- in exchange for part of my flight cost, I presented a couple workshops and volunteered in the kitchen. It was really good -- the workshops (on Gender and Meeting/Asking Your Needs in Relationship) went amazingly well, I got to visit with so many beautiful people, and wow did I ever dance. Good stuff. And of course, time with C-Light -- always beautiful -- and seeing his sister and nephew again... I didn't tell my parents I would be in town, as there was so little time and I dreaded feeling stretched as it was. So hopefully this can be my own little secret... I have a funeral to attend tomorrow -- the partner of a dear friend of mine here in Fresno -- we are off to pay our respects down at his favourite fishing spot in Sequoia National Park. Potluck with much wine and reminiscing. It will be sad and joyous all at once, I'm sure, and such an honour to hear all the stories and the love of a man I never had the privilege to meet in person. Back in Edmonton as of January, after travelling up the west coast with Pumpkin and Ponyboy, spending Christmas with dear friends and New Years' at Intention. So very excited to be coming home soon -- the final stretch begins. --mopheaded is deeply in love with the universe
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